PEAT 



ITS FORMATION, USES AND OCCURRENCE IN 



NEW YORK 



BY 



ARTHUR L. PARSONS 



NOTE BY THE STATE GEOLOGIST 



In my 21st annual report I published a paper by Dr Heinrich 

 Ries on " The Uses of Peat and Its Occurrence in New York," 

 which represented the available infk)rmation at that time. In con- 

 tinuation of the work done by Dr Ries, Mr Arthur L. Parsons has 

 prepared the following paper, which, while duplicating a part of 

 what Dr Ries has published, forms a resume of our present knowl- 

 edge on the subject of this material, which probably in the near 

 future will become of economic importance through the develop- 

 ment of processes for cheaply making it into available fuel. 



F. J. H. Merrill 



